SAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SAP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 53 45
Rank change year-on-year -2 -8 +47
Contract jobs citing SAP 85 76 101
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.53% 4.07% 4.77%
As % of the Vendors category 8.54% 8.62% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 33 73
10th Percentile £425 £370 £430
25th Percentile £529 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -10.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £744 £625 £738
90th Percentile £825 £754 £848
Central London median daily rate £600 £520 £575
% change year-on-year +15.38% -9.57% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61.25 £146.25
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £147.50
Median % change year-on-year - -57.63% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £148.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £58.92 £62.50 £147.50
% change year-on-year -5.73% -57.63% -

All Vendors
City of London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 995 882 947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.34% 47.22% 44.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 558 677
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £761 £775
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.23% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 11
10th Percentile - £22.53 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.91 £19.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £38.58 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.45% +42.87% -25.52%
75th Percentile £25.12 £63.75 £115.00
90th Percentile £42.13 £89.67 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £21.75 £32.83 £34.25
% change year-on-year -33.74% -4.16% +37.00%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.18%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.18%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 28 (32.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (7.06%) SAP ERP
3 5 (5.88%) SAP HCM
4 2 (2.35%) iTrent
4 2 (2.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (2.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (2.35%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.35%) SAP EWM
4 2 (2.35%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.35%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (2.35%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (2.35%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (1.18%) SAP CRM
5 1 (1.18%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.18%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.18%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.18%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (9.41%) Azure
3 7 (8.24%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.53%) AWS
4 3 (3.53%) Boomi
4 3 (3.53%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.53%) SaaS
5 2 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.35%) Matillion
5 2 (2.35%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.18%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) Power BI
2 3 (3.53%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (3.53%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.18%) GIS
4 1 (1.18%) Metadata
4 1 (1.18%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.18%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.18%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) ER Studio
1 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 22 (25.88%) Finance
1 22 (25.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.88%) Billing
3 5 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.71%) Law
4 4 (4.71%) Local Government
4 4 (4.71%) Retail
5 2 (2.35%) Banking
5 2 (2.35%) Legal
5 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.18%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (22.35%) Architect
2 16 (18.82%) Consultant
3 13 (15.29%) Analyst
3 13 (15.29%) SAP Consultant
4 12 (14.12%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (8.24%) SAP Manager
6 5 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 4 (4.71%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Cutover Manager
7 4 (4.71%) Lead
7 4 (4.71%) SAP Cutover Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Integration Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Oracle Consultant
8 3 (3.53%) SAP Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 3 (3.53%) Senior
8 3 (3.53%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.41%) Middleware
1 8 (9.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (4.71%) JSON
2 4 (4.71%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (3.53%) OAuth
3 3 (3.53%) XML
4 2 (2.35%) EDI
4 2 (2.35%) IDoc
4 2 (2.35%) JWT
4 2 (2.35%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.35%) REST
4 2 (2.35%) SAML
4 2 (2.35%) SOAP
5 1 (1.18%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.18%) OpenAPI
5 1 (1.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (1.18%) RAML
5 1 (1.18%) React
5 1 (1.18%) Snowpark
5 1 (1.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.71%) Data Structures
1 4 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (3.53%) FMCG
2 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.35%) IoT
3 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.35%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.35%) Replication
4 1 (1.18%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.18%) Life Science
4 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.18%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.18%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.41%) ERP
2 22 (25.88%) Migration
3 16 (18.82%) Data Migration
3 16 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (14.12%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (11.76%) Roadmaps
5 10 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
6 9 (10.59%) Data Modelling
7 8 (9.41%) Integration Patterns
7 8 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (8.24%) Data Governance
8 7 (8.24%) ETL
8 7 (8.24%) Risk Management
9 6 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (7.06%) Technology Roadmap
9 6 (7.06%) Validation
10 5 (5.88%) Analytics
10 5 (5.88%) Event-Driven
10 5 (5.88%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.06%) SQL
2 2 (2.35%) ABAP
3 1 (1.18%) C#
3 1 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.18%) Java
3 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.35%) CIPD
3 2 (2.35%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.35%) PMP
4 1 (1.18%) CISM
4 1 (1.18%) CISSP
4 1 (1.18%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) Data Quality
1 6 (7.06%) GDPR
2 5 (5.88%) QA
3 3 (3.53%) GRC
3 3 (3.53%) PMO
4 2 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.18%) GAAP
5 1 (1.18%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.35%) IAG
Vendors
1 21 (24.71%) Oracle
2 15 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.06%) Ariba
4 4 (4.71%) Databricks
4 4 (4.71%) MuleSoft
4 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.71%) Workday
5 3 (3.53%) Informatica
6 2 (2.35%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.18%) Concur
7 1 (1.18%) ESRI
7 1 (1.18%) Google
7 1 (1.18%) IFS
7 1 (1.18%) Intapp
7 1 (1.18%) Kronos
7 1 (1.18%) OpenText
7 1 (1.18%) Palantir
7 1 (1.18%) Qualtrics
7 1 (1.18%) Talend